Stone with 1,600-year-old Irish inscription found in English garden A geography teacher, Graham Senior, stumbled across a rock with mysterious incisions while tidying his overgrown garden in Coventry, England. The discovery of a small stone carved with an early form…
Remains of two men from central China shed light on ancient practice of punitive amputation The discovery of two ancient skeletons exhibiting remarkably similar injuries is an intriguing archaeological find. These unrelated individuals, who lived over 2,000 years ago, both…
Mysterious Bronze Age Burial Chamber Discovered In Devon, UK Excitement has been felt among archaeologists over the discovery of a Bronze Age burial chamber on Dartmoor, which may provide fresh light on Devon’s prehistoric past. This “enchanting” discovery could rival the…
Curious L-Shaped Structure Found near Giza Pyramids is 4,500-Years-Old Archaeologists have discovered mysterious structures hidden below the surface near Egypt’s Great Pyramid that could be an unknown tomb built 4,500 years ago. The team used ground-penetrating radar on Giza’s Western Cemetery,…
Unique Well-Preserved 16th-17th Century Fabrics And Shoes Found In Toruń, Poland Archaeologists in Poland recently discovered a rare collection of fabrics and shoes dating back to the 16th and 17th centuries while excavating the site of a future film studio.…
Scientists use ancient DNA, historical context to unravel kinship, social practices of Avar society Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology integrated ancient DNA data with a comprehensive archaeological, anthropological, and historical framework. It helped reconstruct intricate social…
Remarkable Ancient Wooden Structure Unearthed in Oxfordshire A remarkably well-preserved wooden well believed to date back to the late Bronze Age, was uncovered during recent archaeological excavations at the site of Oxfordshire County Council’s project to build the south-westerly section…
Archaeologists uncovered a 3,500-year-old Egyptian Royal Retreat in the Sinai Desert Egyptologists have discovered the remains of a “rest house” in the northern Sinai desert. The structure may have temporarily housed ancient Egyptian forces, and possibly even royalty, during the…
Mystery Of Ancient Symbols On A 2,700-Year-Old Temple In Khorsabad, Iraq – Solved Ancient symbols on a 2,700-year-old temple, which have baffled experts for more than a century, have been explained by Trinity Assyriologist Dr. Martin Worthington. The sequence of…
Neolithic ‘Zombie’ Grave Found Near Oppin In Saxony-Anhalt, Germany The ancient grave found near Oppin in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, was found with a large stone inside, presumably to keep the “zombie” from rising from the dead. Over 4,000 years ago, a…